Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1935, Page 12

After Smart People, Smart By the Spectator. Trade Mark Registered. U. 8. Patent Office. HE lights went out . . . and, bingo, Club Habana had ended its first year of existence . . . The lights flashed on again + + » Guy Scott wielded a mammoth knife and cut deep into an even more mammoth cake . . . Nadine and Gi- rardo glided out onto the floor . . floated about brilliantly on the very same hardwood squares on which they floated just one year ago at M. Scott’s swanky opening . . . danced again and again 'midst much applause . . . Bert Granoff took the “mike” by the ears .. .sang into it of “Red Sails in the Sunset.” of Treas- ure Island,” of everything else he knew until he was fairly out of breath . . . Rose Marie Darling... Headwaiter Paul's favorite tap danc- er spread sweet smiles and neat rhythms® through Club Ha- bana’s tropical at- mosphere . . . and every one ate birthday cake and had a gay old time launching the Conpecticut avenue cantina on its second year . . . Russ Cullen, singer with Moe Baer's Club Habana Band, has become plenty tired of sitting down at every inter- mission and copying the words to a very popular song . . . has decided to bhave numerous copies typewritten, to save his right wrist . ® * * So at last the Ambassador room has its blues singer . . . and three night club scribes are slowly recovering from the ordeal of having five disap- pointed girls walk out with the hurt look of a wounded dove in their eyes « . . because only one girl could be chosen for the job ... The young lass selected is Eve (used to be Honey and still a “honey”) Davis . .. elected on the seventeenth ballot to the office of chief chanteuse and purveyor of WHERE TO DINE. STAR LIGHT INN BERWYN, MD. Baito. Bivd., % Mi. North College Park GRAFF'S MUSIC—THANKSGIVING NITE an d EVERY SATURDAY Berwyn 284 NO COVER CHARGE A The Little Tea House Over Arling- Memo- 5 Bridge H to Artington Cemetery. | Hotel Martinique Sixteenth Street at M | Delicious old-fashioned Thanksgiving Dinner with all the trimmings. each $1.00 25 Served from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Phone District 4150 for Reservations Thanksgiving $ 1 inner Quality-conscious patrons fin select food. prepared by women cooks. unsurpassed by the best food served in discriminating homes. We Invite You .00 To our beautiful spacious dining :zoom for your Thanksgiving Dinner. 12:30 to 3 P.M. 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. HOTEL GRAFTON 1139 Conn. Ave. N.W. @hankzgiuiug Bium’r THE RALEIGH HOTEL Pennsylvania Avenue . DELICIOUS TABLE D’HOTE DINNER $1.75 per plate Noon Until No Charge for Children Under 6 Years Old Cars Parked Without Charge E. C. OWEN, Manager | Guinness Stout, M. Sam and M. Al- Dark Things, Smart Places. | personality extraordinary with Harry | Albert's Orchestra . . . And, don't think she had no competition . . particularly from young Marjorie Burns . . . who will sing for money some day when she has a bit more experience . . . * * Now that the city is done with |its plowing and such up on Con- | necticut avenue along by the Zoo , . . | and has laid down smooth asphalt ... | there's a fancy collection of Senators, Congressmen, Government big-wigs, scribblers and whatnot again on hand | every night at the Cathedral Grill . . . | run by Alex and his brother ... | * * + Came to the Mayflower Lounge the other evening . .. fresh from a re- | ception at the Norwegian Legation .. . | M. and Mme. Felix Somary of Switz- | erland . . . along with Mr. and Mrs. | Sam Guinness and Alfred Guinness of London . . . Sat themselves down at | | one of Teddy's prize tables and or- dered . . . not pink tea, not orangeade, | | not ham on rye . . . but dear old| fred Guinness being the people who | make the noble brew in Scotland . . . They declared it was still the best| thing ever bottled even after its long | journey from its homeland . . . | Sid Cowen, Mayflower's singer, wasn't satisfied to struggle with Span- | ish . . . s0 he’s gone and learned a Greek song . . . Buddy Harmon :nd; the Sidney Orchestra have all the “Porgy and Bess” music, too, proudly | answering requests from folk who have | tooled up to New York to see and hear the Gershwin folk opera . . . | Teddy’s guest list: Mrs. Charles L. McNary, Col. and Mrs. Horatio Hack- ett, Johnny Simpson and Patsy Parker, | Representative J. George Stewart of Delaware, Paul Townsend, Mr. and .| Mrs. William Shearer, Mary Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Sapperstein, Charles Faulkner, Ernest O. Trigg and | s0 on and on far into the night . . . ***This situation . . . this very dilemma + . . here in Washington, where young women outnumber young men, is not helped any by such folk as Ethel Mae = Taylor glimpsed at Heigh-Ho the other night with, not one, but th . .. count ‘em, one, two, three ... young swains gallantly hover- ing about . . . That large party «B a: “Pete's Place” a few evenings ago was operated by Matthews Dick . . . and included Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dewey, Helen Ward- man and a lot of other nice people . . . Virginia Hall, Sue Shepherd and Tom- my Tompkins celebrated here anything that came to mind to celebrate at va- rious times recently. | ‘**Main events of the day at the Shoreham will be the Strangers’ Dutch Treat Thanksgiving dinner tonight .. an idea which was originated last Thanksgiving by Dr, Grace A. Thomp- son, so that persons alone in town oV Thanksgiving day could have a friend- | 1y group to dine with . . . The “Strang- | ers” will meet tonight at 7 in the | Garbo room . . . which is a strange | place to meet when they all will be there because they do not want to be alone. . . Then they’ll go into the main ball room to eat, be entertained and be congenial. Not a soul grasped opportunity by the forelock and stepped up to ask the Governor of North Carolina, John C. B. Ehringhaus, just what it was that he said that time to the Governor of South Carolina, when he and his wife dined at the Shoreham the other night ... Also spotted at Mr, Moore's Board- ing House not %o long ago was Eleanor Rust Peirce, dining a host of young | friends . . . | | ***Eileen Mercedes, singer at Mary- | land Club Gardens, played her first \' night club engagement about eight | years ago right here in town, at Pete | Borras' old Madrillon about two months after he opened it . . . Danced then to the tune of “Varsity Drag’g . . | was so nervous she fainted twice bez)re she went on . . . returned a year later to bring her own unit to Keith's . . . Janette Hackett, who comes to the Shoreham next week with her “Chiffon Bolero,” carries two extra spotlights | with her . .. and has to have three | men operating spots when she dances | "WHERE TO DINE. and 12th Street N. 9:00 P. M. g NAtional 3810 RAMON AN Who have been ‘catured in dance numbers in several motion pictures, are starred in the nightly floor shows & + + » Looked like the circus was pulling! out, the other night when Matt Windsor | took part in his Russian floor show | .+ . in costume ... out of his Club Volga Boatman and loaded them into a fleet of taxicabs . . . shipping them out to play a benefit . . . Tuesday night saw a host of notables at the Ambassa- dor room . . . no doubt to hear and see Eve Davis, new “Ambassadress of Song” . . . among them Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bruce, Ethel Mae Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Jeffries, Juddy Bowles, | Lieut. and Mrs. Kilbourne Johnston (son of Gen. Johnson, even if he does spell it with a *t”), Robert Hisey, Mrs. Marie Tracey, James Sheehan, Ken Murray, Frank Zillman and Jane Thorpe. — SCOUTS TO RECEIVE 17 EAGLE AWARDS District Council to Hold Court in Powell Junior High Satur- day Night. Eagle badges are to be given 17 Boy Scouts, largest number on record, | when the District Council holds its | court of award in Poweil Junior High School Saturday night. A number of life and star awards, as well as mis-| | cellaneous badges for accomplish- | | ments, will be made also, it was an- nounced. Scouts who are to receive the Eagle | Scout awards are: Sidney K. Bishopp and Ray Mar- tin, Troop 5. Kenneth A. Wright, | Troop 8: William Webb Zeller. Troop 12; Irl Brent and Richard Wright, | | Troop 54; Dan Miller, Troop 66: Wil- | \ liam Poos, Troop 72; Edward W. Tal- ley, Troop 81; Granville Brumbaugh, | Troop 87; William J. Weber, jr.;| Charles Dove, Henry E. Jones, Victor | J. Orainger, Walter Lawson and John Kester, Troop 104. Saturday will be the last day on which quizzes can be taken for the guide training course given in prepa- ration for the world jamboree sched- uled to be held here in August and canceled by President Roosevelt be- cause of possibility of an infantile paralysis epidemic. | ELIOT JUNIOR HIGH ADDITIONS APPROVED District Commissioners Sanction Improvements to Cost Between $160,000 and $165,000. The Commissioners have approved | plans for construction of an addition | to the Eliot Junior High School, north ! side of B street between Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets northeast, for | which Congress has appropriated funds | out of District revenues. Estimated cost is between $160,000 | and $165,000. Roland M. Brennan, secretary to the Board of Commission- | ers, was directed to advertise for bids | from contractors. Under specifications drawn by Municipal Architect Nathan | C. Wyeth, 200 calendar days would be allowed as the period of construction. The Commissioners awarded con- tract for the improvemeént of the roadway in Fort Drive, from Chesa- peake street to Nebraska avenue. The award went to Corson & Gruman Co. for $37,263. | Patriotism Taught. French patriotism is taught the na- tives of Cameroon, Africa, under | French mandate, and formerly Ger- | man, by fervid patriotic poetry about France recited in the schools. Pierrette C.ONN. AVE. AT QUE For that BEFORE DINNER PICK-UP Join the Pierrette COCKTAIL CROWD , D. C, D RENITA, t the Shoreham Hotel ball room. Popular Pierre de Angelo and Evelyn Porter, dancers, who made their Washington debut at Pete Macias’ Heigh-Ho Club & little over a week ago, have proven to be so well liked they have been held over for a second week. MRS. OWEN TO SPEAK Greenland Topic of Geonnph!e‘ Society Lecture by Envoy. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Minister to | Denmark, will lecture before the Na- | tional Geographic Society tomorrow at | 8 pm in Constitution Hall on “Gree! land and Its PFriendly Eskimo People, ‘The Greenland Eskimos live under the protective rule of the Danish govern- ment. | Mrs. Owen has cruised 1,000 miles | along the island’s coast and visited ruins of early Viking settlements. She will illustrate the lecture with pic- | tures. On her trip the Eskimos named her “Inunguak,” meaning “Real Hu- man Being." | | . Building Boom. Many office buildings are being built | in Brazil. FRE SPIRIY OF THE DcCastoN IS EXPRESSIE [ & cuie LARLION CORTAL | others taking part. GO - - Club Habana * Whers Conn. Ave. THURSDAY, N VEMBER 28, 1935. Supper Club Notes EIGH-HO CLUB—Pierre de I I Angelo and Evelyn Porter, dance stylists, have been held over for another week to en- tertain Pete Macias' guests and Pete's own orchestra plays for dancing with Marty Rubin and Jimmy Nichols do- ing the singing. The ap room now is open every day in the week. * x * % Club Habana—Nadine and Girardo, who dance suavely and smoothly, also have been held over for another week, and Bert Granoff has come back to sing and stop shows. Also there is Miss Rose Marie Darling, tap dancer | with personality-plus. Music is by Moe Baer and his orchestra and it's mighty neat. Songs are by Russ Cullen and Jimmy Bright. ] Club Volga Boatman—Clava Lari d Alexander Bolshakof!, cha: acter dancers; Anton Gorloff, dagger dancer; Anna Sablukova, prima don- na; Michel Michon, baritone, and Jene Pobiedina, soprano, head the cast of the all-Russian gypsy floor show. The feature is the gypsy chorus of 15 voices and the orchestra is led by Michel Michaeloff. * ¥ kX% Lotus—The Earl Lindsay girls are back, which seems to gladden the | hearts of many people. Featured in | the three daily floor revues are Ted and Ethel Walker in ‘eccentric and comedy numbers, Shirley Dell, song and dance specialist; Mickey Fitch, in & Mexican hat dance, and Patricia and Renardo, dance team. Judy Ellington sings and Al Norton and the Lotus Capitolians play for dancing. * X ¥ x | Rainbow Reom—Manager Dick But- | ler is concentrating on the mammoth Thanksgiving dinner he will ser from noon until 9 p.m. today, but Mil- ton Davis and his music will be right there, too. The boys play for cocktail dancing from 5 until 7 and for dinner dancing from 10 p.m. * ox % ¥ Ambassador Room—Eve Davis is the newest personality here, having last Monday night in competition with five | other girls earned her right to the title “Ambassadress of Song.” Harry | Albert’s orchestra makes bright dansa- | pation. | * % % % ‘ Shoreham—Ramon and Renita, world famous dancers of the stage and sereen, are featured in the two | original dance creations. They're aided | in entertaining by the Bonners, mixed harmony and solo team. Maxim Lowe's Barnee-batoned Orchestra plays the dance music. - x % ox Club Troika—There are two Russian | gypsy floor shows every night, with Ethel Pastor, Marusia Sava, Dena Larena, Karavaiefl and a number of The feature is a new skit titled “Katinka.” The or- chestra is led by Sasha Bartnovsky. * % % % Mayflower Lounge—Sidney's O chestra, led by Drummer Buddy Ha. | mon, is celebrating Thanksgiving with | | the “Porgy and Bess” music and some | smart new tango arrangements. They | | have a lot of new special arrange- | ments, too. * % ¥ x Club Carlton—The sophisticated surroundings, the people who frequent the place and the music by the Sidney | ensemble make just the right atmos- phere for a pleasant hour or a pleasant | evening. | FAMOUS{ FOR FOOD DINNERS SEAFOOD A LA CARTE o 3 MI. FROM DIST.LINE ® ON_MARLBORO PIKE . STILL TIME vations “Paul” NAt. 2220 tortaingmont Intimate n e ‘Masic Smeothest T PM i it e Culsine’ Flawiess Atm ere GI 10T 1118 CLUB_HABANA ORCHESTRA . Moe Baer, Director Don’t forget those delicious Saturday Iuncheons with Dancing, S5c up Starting Monday Luncheon Served D 45¢ Up Dancing 9:30 No Cover or Minimum WARDMAN PARK HOTEL OONN. AVE. AND" ‘WOODLEY ROAD Hi-Hat—Gordon St. Chad and the South Sea Islanders continue their table-to-table serenading and prove willing and capable when you shout out a request. * ok x Maryland Club Gardens—Eileen Mercedes, fiery red-headed singer of sophisticated songs, is the new attrac- tion and Garron and Bennett have been held over for a second week of Smart dancing. Fran Trappe and his accordion supply incidental music while Jintmy Harris and his orchestra are resting. * ok k% Mayfair—Entertainment here is fur- nished by Jack Campbell and Leo Lisee, who'sing and clown about and have a gay oid time with their work. * %k x Ramon’s—The Sunday supper dances, starting at 10 and lasting until 2, are to music by Rudy Schramm'’s Orchestra and Rudy himself plays the | plano every night between those same hours, * %k % ¥ La Paree—The circus moves out to- night after a successful week's engage- ment, so this is your last chance to see Dalsy, the Wonder Horse or Joe Mur- | [f but Emory | [ilif phy as a ringmaster, | Daugherty will continue to be a band- master even if he can't parade with | the animals. * k¥ Madrillon—Lucille Delza sings French and American songs and Sul- tana interprets native Spanish dances at Peter Borras' popular Moorish dine- and-dance spot. Music is by Leon Brusiloff and Orchestra. * ok K % Gingham Club—Don and Dolores, rhythm team, are the featured enter- iners in the floor shows and the dance music is by Phil Lynch and his orchestra, L Admiral Club—The ““Moods in Blue"” Orchestra plays every Wednesday for a dinner dance from 7 until 10 p.m. Luncheon is served daily from 12 to 2 and dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. * % ox % Log Cabin Inn—A five-piece orches- tra is on hand every night to play for dancing in a pleasant, rustic atmos- Phere, and while they rest there's en- 1536 CONNECTICUT AVE Colf RAMON, North 1231 BY APPOINTMENT Washington's Smart Nite Entertamment Spot Dencing rom Seturdey LY From Nine (HE_HI-HA ADOR HOTEL Finest Drinks in Town NO COVER OR MINIMUM Entertainment by South Sea Islanders Thanksgiving Dinner *1.25 Served 11 8. m. b0 ? p. m. Roast Vermont Turkey Chestnut Dressing, Cranberry Sauce and many other of the choicest fes- tive dishes, both American and Chi: mese, with all the trimmings. Dancing to Emeory DAUGHERTY and 1:3, 7:30 and midnight “THE CIRCUS” The Greatest Show on Earth Reservations NA. 9128 CAFE LA PAREE 14th and H Sts. N. W. tertainment by Mitsi, the Swiss girl with the accordion and the yodel. LR Epstein’'s—There is' nightly enter- tainment by the Harrijay Kronsberg Entertainers. They do their musical | specialties at the dinner hour also | on Saturdays and Sundays. * kX ¥ Dude Ranch—There are nightly | floor shows at Milt Barrett's suburban | spot on the Baltimore pike and music | is supplied by Ralph Garren ard his | orchestra, * & k% | Griffith Farms—The chef out here is a right accomplished chap and there's dancing tg music by Brick Dornin and his Variety Six. | * * ¥ % Swanee Ball Room—There is danc- ing every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday night, starting at 9:30, to music by a Meyer Davis unit led by Phil O’Brien. NAPOLEON'S 2649 CONN. AVE. Phone Col. 8955 ° Washington’s Newest, , Smartest French Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge ENTERTAINMENT playing dance music NO COVER CHARGE s1.0 s2.00 Minimum, Saturday, 20 Minvtes from the CONNECTICUT AVE Wiézny ON THE MARLBORO PIKE SPANISH FILM COMING. “La Cruz Y La Espada,” a romantic story of the time of the Pranciscan | Missions in California, will be the feature at the Foreign Cinema League presentation in Pierce Hall Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. This is the first Spanish language picture to be shown | in Washington, Jose Mojica heads the cast, Beginning at 9:30 P. M. SPECIAL THANKSEIVING DANCE Here's & splendid way to end a Perfect Thanksgiving . . . attend this big special dance tonite at Swanee. Maestro Phil O'Brien and his Meyer Davis band are in fine fettle for this gala event. No increase in prices. . . . Ladies, 55c; Gents, 75e. Beer and wine served at tables. SWANEE 2 5 Bl KN WASHINGTON'S MADDEST. MERRIEST MAESTRO. AND THE ‘GARDEN ORCH! EST! nightly from 7 to 2. With two glamorous revues, at 9:30 and 12:30, CLUB LT ‘Thesksgiviag Draner Heart of Washingten ANNOUNCING The First Appevance i@ Weshington of RAMON RENITA World Famoss Dancers of e Stage end Screem For a Limited Engagement Nightly at Dinnet and Supper Direct From the RAINBOW ROOM, New York NUE AT CALVERT TO BE THANKFUL FOR... the Mayflower Lounge % Cocktails with DANCING Every Afternoon Until Seven ... EVE DAVIS New "Ambauaddnu of Song”™ n HARRY ALBERT’S Orchestra With Their Full Port- folio of Hit Tunes and Tantalizing Rhythms. 1 in the AMBASSADOR room NO COVER—NO MINIMUM . Phone Roger, NAtional 8510 AMBASSADOR HOTEL 14th Street at K % Supper Dancing Week Nights After Ten .. ., Saturdays Beginning at Nine . . . SIDNEY'S MAYFLOWER LOUNGE ORCHESTRA. ., % Luncheon to the soft strains of harp and violin 'HOTEL MAYFLOWER Telephone Teddy for Reservations at DIstrict 3000 {+ « . DANCING and delicious THANKSGIVING DINNER, $1.25 1d-fashioned Turkey Din- Q- arved irom. Noon til P M. Including danc- ing and floor show. Thanksgiving Lunch, 65¢ Now . . Earl Lindsay’s Sensational “REVUE OF 19 10 OF BROADWAY'S PRETTIEST @ Mickey Fitch Tod & Ethel Walker @ Patricia & 36'! GIRLS @ Shirley Dell Renardo Bill Strickland’s Band 3 COMPLETE SHOWS 1:30—7:30—11:30 P, M. THE RESTAURANT of DISTINCTION e LQTU S 14 th.<-NEW YORK AVE.